Penalty kick given against Laurent Koscielny for a Regular foul on Edin Dzeko

1

8

FOUL

ARS

C

Laurent Koscielny Commits a Regular foul.

1

8

RED

ARS

C

Laurent Koscielny recieves a RedCard for the following reason: ProfessionalFoul.

1

10

THROW IN

ARS

C

Bacary Sagna concedes a throw in.

1

12

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain concedes a goal kick.

1

13

THROW IN

MNC

C

Carlos Tévez concedes a throw in.

1

13

FOUL

MNC

C

James Milner Commits a Regular foul.

1

13

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Wojciech Szczesny takes a direct free kick.

1

13

FOUL

MNC

ARS

NC

jumped in his back, foul not given

3

13

FREE KICK

ARS

NC

for the previous foul

3

14

THROW IN

MNC

C

Francisco Javier García Fernández concedes a throw in.

1

14

CORNER

ARS

C

Lukas Podolski concedes a corner kick.

1

15

GOAL KICK

MNC

C

Vincent Kompany concedes a goal kick.

1

15

THROW IN

MNC

C

Francisco Javier García Fernández concedes a throw in.

1

16

CORNER

MNC

C

Gaël Clichy concedes a corner kick.

1

16

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Theo Walcott concedes a goal kick.

1

17

THROW IN

MNC

C

Pablo Zabaleta concedes a throw in.

1

17

FOUL

MNC

ARS

NC

Wilshere plays the ball away and Garcia puts his foot on the leg of Wilshere. No foul given by the ref?

3

17

YELLOW

MNC

NC

Planting your foot on an opponent on the ground is dangerous for injuries. Should have been booked

3

17

FREE KICK

ARS

NC

Ref stops play and restarts with a dropped ball? Should have been a free kick to Arsenal ref.

3

17

DROP BALL

NC

Ref stops play and restarts with a dropped ball? Should have been a free kick to Arsenal ref.

3

20

GOAL KICK

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko concedes a goal kick.

1

20

FOUL

ARS

C

Lukas Podolski Commits a Regular foul. In the light of the not given foul and not coming back to the foul on Wilshere it looks harsh on Arsenal but ref is entitled to go back to the foul. But not really being consistent in a matter of minutes

1

20

FREE KICK

MNC

C

Gareth Barry takes a direct free kick.

1

20

GOAL

MNC

C

James Milner scores a goal for Manchester City.

1

21

FOUL

ARS

MNC

NC

After the not given foul a few minutes earlier on Podolski this time the German uses his arm to push Zabaleta and pushes him in the face. Another thing missed by the ref.

3

21

YELLOW

ARS

NC

Should have been booked for use of the arm

3

21

FREE KICK

MNC

NC

for the previous foul

3

22

THROW IN

MNC

C

Carlos Tévez concedes a throw in.

1

22

THROW IN

MNC

C

Pablo Zabaleta concedes a throw in.

1

23

THROW IN

MNC

C

James Milner concedes a throw in.

1

24

GOAL KICK

MNC

C

James Milner concedes a goal kick.

1

24

THROW IN

ARS

C

Bacary Sagna concedes a throw in.

1

25

THROW IN

ARS

C

Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in.

1

25

THROW IN

MNC

C

Francisco Javier García Fernández concedes a throw in.

1

26

CORNER

ARS

C

Bacary Sagna concedes a corner kick.

1

27

GOAL KICK

MNC

C

Francisco Javier García Fernández concedes a goal kick.

1

27

FOUL

MNC

C

Vincent Kompany Commits a Regular foul.

1

28

FREE KICK

ARS

C

1

28

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Theo Walcott concedes a goal kick.

1

30

THROW IN

ARS

C

Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in.

1

31

GOAL

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko scores a goal for Manchester City.

1

32

FOUL

MNC

C

Carlos Tévez Commits a Regular foul.

1

33

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Wojciech Szczesny takes a direct free kick.

1

33

FOUL

MNC

C

Pablo Zabaleta Commits a Regular foul.

1

33

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Kieran Gibbs takes a direct free kick.

1

35

THROW IN

MNC

C

Gareth Barry concedes a throw in.

1

36

OFFSIDE

ARS

C

Theo Walcott is played offside by Matija Nastasic from a ball by Per Mertesacker

1

37

ADVANTAGE

ARS

NC

Milner was offside but Arsenal keeper had the ball in his hands unchallenged and had already tried to start up an attack and only then the ref gave the offside decision and stopped play. Should have played on

3

37

OFFSIDE

MNC

NC

Milner was offside but Arsenal keeper had the ball in his hands unchallenged and had already tried to start up an attack and only then the ref gave the offside decision and stopped play. Should have played on

2

38

THROW IN

ARS

C

Wojciech Szczesny concedes a throw in.

1

40

FOUL

MNC

C

David Silva Commits a Regular foul.

1

41

FREE KICK

ARS

C

1

41

THROW IN

MNC

C

Vincent Kompany concedes a throw in.

1

42

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Vassiriki Abou Diaby concedes a goal kick.

1

42

CORNER

ARS

C

Kieran Gibbs concedes a corner kick.

1

43

GOAL KICK

MNC

C

James Milner concedes a goal kick.

1

45

THROW IN

MNC

C

David Silva concedes a throw in.

1

45

FOUL

ARS

C

Thomas Vermaelen Commits a Regular foul.

1

45

YELLOW

ARS

C

Thomas Vermaelen recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul.

1

46

FREE KICK

MNC

C

Francisco Javier García Fernández takes a direct free kick.

1

Period 2

Min

Type

From

On

C/NC

Reviewer Comment

Weight

39

YELLOW

MNC

NC

Throw in for Arsenal and Clichy kicks the ball 10 meters further up the pitch in the wrong direction. Clearly with intent time wasting

3

45

OFFSIDE

ARS

C

Theo Walcott is played offside by Vincent Kompany from a ball by Vassiriki Abou Diaby

1

46

OFFSIDE

MNC

C

Pablo Zabaleta is played offside by Kieran Gibbs from a ball by Vincent Kompany

1

47

OFFSIDE

ARS

C

Theo Walcott is played offside by Matija Nastasic from a ball by Santiago Cazorla

1

47

THROW IN

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko concedes a throw in.

1

49

GOAL KICK

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko concedes a goal kick.

1

49

FOUL

MNC

C

Matija Nastasic Commits a Regular foul.

1

49

FREE KICK

ARS

C

1

49

FOUL

ARS

C

Jack Wilshere Commits a Regular foul.

1

50

FREE KICK

MNC

C

Matija Nastasic takes a direct free kick.

1

50

FOUL

MNC

C

David Silva Commits a Regular foul.

1

50

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Jack Wilshere takes a direct free kick.

1

51

THROW IN

ARS

C

Santiago Cazorla concedes a throw in.

1

51

THROW IN

MNC

C

James Milner concedes a throw in.

1

52

THROW IN

ARS

C

Vassiriki Abou Diaby concedes a throw in.

1

52

FOUL

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko Commits a Regular foul.

1

52

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Thomas Vermaelen takes a direct free kick.

1

52

THROW IN

MNC

C

Gaël Clichy concedes a throw in.

1

53

FOUL

ARS

C

Bacary Sagna Commits a Regular foul.

1

54

FREE KICK

MNC

C

David Silva takes a direct free kick.

1

54

THROW IN

MNC

C

Gaël Clichy concedes a throw in.

1

54

FOUL

MNC

C

James Milner Commits a Regular foul.

1

54

YELLOW

MNC

C

James Milner recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul.

1

55

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Wojciech Szczesny takes a direct free kick.

1

55

FOUL

MNC

ARS

NC

Push while Gibbs was hanging in the air, not given

3

55

THROW IN

ARS

NC

Should have been a free kick to Arsenal

1

55

FREE KICK

ARS

NC

Should have been a free kick to Arsenal

3

55

FOUL

ARS

C

Lukas Podolski Commits a Regular foul.

1

55

FREE KICK

MNC

C

Carlos Tévez takes a direct free kick.

1

56

THROW IN

ARS

C

Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in.

1

56

THROW IN

ARS

C

Lukas Podolski concedes a throw in.

1

58

THROW IN

ARS

C

Wojciech Szczesny concedes a throw in.

1

59

FOUL

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko Commits a Regular foul.

1

59

YELLOW

MNC

NC

I see no difference with the yellow card that he gave Vermaelen in the first half. Inconsistency ref. Should have been booked

3

60

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Jack Wilshere takes a direct free kick.

1

61

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Aaron Ramsey concedes a goal kick.

1

62

THROW IN

ARS

C

Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in.

1

63

FOUL

ARS

C

Theo Walcott Commits a Regular foul.

1

63

YELLOW

ARS

NC

Now a similar foul from an Arsenal player like Dzeko did one is a booking. complete inconsistency.

3

63

FREE KICK

MNC

C

Matija Nastasic takes a direct free kick.

1

64

THROW IN

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko concedes a throw in.

1

64

FOUL

MNC

C

Matija Nastasic Commits a Regular foul.

1

64

YELLOW

MNC

NC

Stopped what could be a promising run with a strong challenge. Should have been booked

3

65

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Jack Wilshere takes a direct free kick.

1

65

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Santiago Cazorla concedes a goal kick.

1

66

FOUL

ARS

NC

Ref makes a strange gesture but nothing to see that was a foul

3

66

FREE KICK

MNC

NC

No foul so no free kick

3

67

CORNER

ARS

C

Bacary Sagna concedes a corner kick.

1

67

YELLOW

MNC

NC

Barry waits a long time before picking up the ball for a throw in. Ref blows his whistle to indicate to hurry up. And then Barry drops the ball to the floor to give it to Clichy to take the throw. Ref is making a fool of himself by not carding Barry for this clear time wasting.

3

67

THROW IN

ARS

C

Jack Wilshere concedes a throw in.

1

67

FOUL

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko Commits a Regular foul.

1

68

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Wojciech Szczesny takes a direct free kick.

1

68

THROW IN

ARS

C

Olivier Giroud concedes a throw in.

1

68

THROW IN

MNC

C

James Milner concedes a throw in.

1

68

FOUL

MNC

C

Francisco Javier García Fernández Commits a Regular foul.

1

69

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Thomas Vermaelen takes a direct free kick.

1

70

THROW IN

MNC

C

David Silva concedes a throw in.

1

70

THROW IN

MNC

C

David Silva concedes a throw in.

1

71

FOUL

MNC

C

Gaël Clichy Commits a Regular foul.

1

71

YELLOW

MNC

C

Gaël Clichy recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul.

1

71

FREE KICK

ARS

C

1

72

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Olivier Giroud concedes a goal kick.

1

73

THROW IN

ARS

C

Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in.

1

74

FOUL

MNC

C

Vincent Kompany Commits a Regular foul.

1

74

RED

MNC

C

Vincent Kompany recieves a RedCard for the following reason: Foul. Possible dangerous tackle going off the ground launching himself in a frontal tackle studs showing. Ref has to judge if it could have injured a player. It surely can.

1

75

YELLOW

MNC

C

Francisco Javier García Fernández recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: OffTheBallFoul.

1

75

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Santiago Cazorla takes a direct free kick.

1

76

FOUL

ARS

C

Theo Walcott Commits a Regular foul.

1

77

FREE KICK

MNC

C

Gareth Barry takes a direct free kick.

1

77

FOUL

ARS

C

Olivier Giroud Commits a Regular foul.

1

77

FREE KICK

MNC

C

Joleon Lescott takes a direct free kick.

1

80

GOAL KICK

MNC

C

James Milner concedes a goal kick.

1

80

FOUL

ARS

C

Theo Walcott Commits a Handball foul.

1

81

FREE KICK

MNC

C

Matija Nastasic takes a direct free kick.

1

81

THROW IN

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko concedes a throw in.

1

82

FOUL

MNC

ARS

NC

late challenge from Dzeko who catches Ramsey

3

82

2ND YELLOW

MNC

NC

Another late challenge from Dzeko, not his first and again he escapes the yellow card. Not even given seconds later when City commit another foul.

4

82

FREE KICK

ARS

NC

for the foul from Dzeko

3

82

FOUL

MNC

C

David Silva Commits a Regular foul.

1

82

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Jack Wilshere takes a direct free kick.

1

83

THROW IN

MNC

C

David Silva concedes a throw in.

1

84

THROW IN

MNC

C

Gareth Barry concedes a throw in.

1

85

THROW IN

MNC

C

Edin Dzeko concedes a throw in.

1

85

FOUL

MNC

C

Gareth Barry Commits a Regular foul.

1

86

YELLOW

MNC

C

Gareth Barry recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul.

1

86

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Santiago Cazorla takes a direct free kick.

1

87

CORNER

MNC

C

Gareth Barry concedes a corner kick.

1

88

THROW IN

MNC

C

David Silva concedes a throw in.

1

88

FOUL

MNC

C

Mario Balotelli Commits a Handball foul.

1

89

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Wojciech Szczesny takes a direct free kick.

1

90

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Theo Walcott concedes a goal kick.

1

90

THROW IN

ARS

C

Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in.

1

92

CORNER

ARS

C

Thomas Vermaelen concedes a corner kick.

1

93

GOAL KICK

MNC

C

Gareth Barry concedes a goal kick.

1

93

FOUL

MNC

C

Aleksandar Kolarov Commits a Regular foul.

1

93

FREE KICK

ARS

C

Bacary Sagna takes a direct free kick.

1

95

GOAL KICK

ARS

C

Jack Wilshere concedes a goal kick.

1

95

THROW IN

MNC

C

James Milner concedes a throw in.

1

Let us have a look at his competence numbers in this game

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Mike Dean (2013-01-13)

Period 1

Called

Total

Correct %

ADVANTAGE

0

1

0.00

CORNER

6

6

100.00

DROP BALL

0

1

0.00

FOUL

9

12

75.00

FREE KICK

8

11

72.73

GOAL

2

2

100.00

GOAL KICK

9

9

100.00

OFFSIDE

1

2

50.00

PENALTY

1

1

100.00

RED

1

1

100.00

THROW IN

21

21

100.00

YELLOW

1

3

33.33

TOTAL

59

70

84.29

WEIGHTED

59

91

64.84

Period 2

Called

Total

Correct %

2ND YELLOW

0

1

0.00

CORNER

3

3

100.00

FOUL

21

24

87.50

FREE KICK

21

24

87.50

GOAL KICK

8

8

100.00

OFFSIDE

3

3

100.00

RED

1

1

100.00

THROW IN

24

25

96.00

YELLOW

4

9

44.44

TOTAL

85

98

86.73

WEIGHTED

85

123

69.11

Totals

Called

Total

Correct %

2ND YELLOW

0

1

0.00

ADVANTAGE

0

1

0.00

CORNER

9

9

100.00

DROP BALL

0

1

0.00

FOUL

30

36

83.33

FREE KICK

29

35

82.86

GOAL

2

2

100.00

GOAL KICK

17

17

100.00

OFFSIDE

4

5

80.00

PENALTY

1

1

100.00

RED

2

2

100.00

THROW IN

45

46

97.83

YELLOW

5

12

41.67

TOTAL

144

168

85.71

WEIGHTED

144

214

67.29

Let us see if it evens out in this game and have a look at the bias numbers

Some quick words about the review.
Our reviewers agreed with the foul and the red card from Koscielny. As we know now we know that it is a one off for Dean of course. No evidence has been found of him applying the same punishment in other games that we reviewed. But for regular followers of Arsenal and Dean this will not come as a surprise.

The free kick for the goal or better said the coming back to the foul seconds earlier is what a ref can do. As pointed out in the review he didn’t do this minutes earlier when Wilshere was on the bad end of a foul and he refused to come back to that foul. Again for the regular followers of Arsenal and Dean…you know.

The sending off of Kompany was also correct. Frontal tackle, studs showing going off the ground. If Wilshere wouldn’t have slipped up a fraction of a second before the impact then Kompany would have possibly caught him on the shin and who knows what terrible injury could have occurred. A ref these days has to judge the possible danger for other players and in this case Kompany was endangering the safety of Wilshere so a red card was the right thing.

But all in all it was the typical Arsenal-Dean performance. Measuring with different yard sticks for Arsenal and the other team. This is clearly visible in the bias numbers.

Now we know Dean is a Liverpool fan, and clearly has something against Arsenal as well….guess it all makes sense. Those incorrect against stats are telling. Have a feeling we will soon be seeing him at WHL.

I cannot think of another penalty box incident this year where the defender has been sent off and still cannot agree with the sending off. It was most definite penalty but Dean at Arsenal is the only time he would have got more than a yellow. This decision is so far outside the normal as to be ridiculous. If that decision is right then every referee needs to be issued with a new instruction on the interpretation of the rules.
For the rest of his performance typical Dean, one set of rules for Arsenal and another for our opponents. The man is so incapable of giving an even performance that it really isn’t even a joke any more.

Dean has shown that he is a capable referee. This makes it all the more obvious that performances in our games are dominated by his anti-Arsenal bias. This has been evident over several seasons.

I do believe that there is ample evidence to support a case being made to the FA to take suitable steps to stop this continuing. Arsenal should be spared from any more involvement with Dean in the meantime.

Confirmed what we all saw that day. The sending off, while correct viewed the letter of the law, was extremely harsh; dzeko didn’t have the ball, and its something we see every day. I watched the norwich-qpr game yesterday and there 3 such incidents, none resulting in a foul or card of any color. I can guarantee there’ll be at least one such incident in city-liverpool today, but it won’t result in a penalty or sending off. Dean is dishonesty and a coward.

Koscielny was totally naive. Dzeko “threw” himself into Koscielny and then went down in a flurry tight in Koscielny`s arms. Dean really had no red card choice, but it shows how devious players have become
Like you,I believe Kompany red card was correct. Media pressure got cancellation

Why Arsenal F.C. do not make an official complaint against Dean is beyond me.
Ferguson has no problem putting his views across when he feels biased decisions go against his team (S***s the other day).
One day the crowd might give this man an idea of how we view his “refereing” when he warms up before a match at the Emirates.
As a referee I was always told to be in the background…Dean wants to be the star attraction whenever he steps onto the field at whatever game he officiates…the man is a complete joke.

Mike Dean’s demeanor is what I dislike the most. He seems to take a perverse enjoyment in either meting out punishment or ignoring it.
I don’t think the league can continue to ignore his record when refereeing an Arsenal game (we’ve won only 8% of the time over the past few years with him). People who bet on football games will now just have to bet against Arsenal when Deans refs and they stand to make money. Arsene Wenger’s teams win at least 50% of the time, yet when Dean refs they win less than 10%! Statistics cannot be ignored forever.
What I would like to see is a journalist with some balls ask Wenger during a press conference prior to a Dean match whether he was concerned about a statistic like this. If Wenger answered yes, then maybe we’d see some action (although it would probably result in Wenger being sanctioned). At least the issue would then be front and centre.

Paul Southcott,
I fully believe that the FA overturned The Dean’s ruling against Kompany because they still need a two-team race to sell the illusion that Don Fungus is not simply being gifted the championship. Last year’s last minute loss will not be repeated this year, not by a long shot. However, a total runaway would, imo, diminish interest in the league and confirm too many closely-held suspicions (that is, by millions of fans, and they know it) that, each year, the trophy is Don Fungus’s to lose. That there’s a true race on this year in particular is a necessary illusion. Please consider that in your analysis.

@Bob rightly said,but it looks a bit to late for Macini to catch Don Fungus.Really don’t you think that the FA sends Deanhole to ruin us?Everyone saw Deanhole celebrating a goal scored against us but what did the FA (Fuckin Assholes)do? Who was the ref that was suspended for some time for betting? What else do people want to know about FA(Fuckin assholes)expect Deanhole 3 more times before the season ends to destroy us.
Thank GOD Deanhole refs in England but if it was any other country he would have retired honorably longtime ago ,for no any other country could stand such open shit.The police or its citizens.